Live! ... from The Astro

Starting the year of right with a milkshake, a bran muffin and Martha.

We're back! Just in time to bid adieu to the 2010's.

Life just keeps unfolding, folks.

Richard goes on a voyage into the depths of a fermentation holler and continues to withhold his hot sauce from David.

We do this for you people!

FREE STICKLAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Special Guest Alert!!!!! Also We celebrate a Birfday.

One year ago today Richard and David walked into a back booth of the Astro Family Restaurant and with two SM-57s sheepishly tucked into their jackets, they made history.

Acting, Screenwriting, Security, Raw Wine

Process! Celebrities! Pie! And Martha's back!

Your crush-able mysterious podcast mysterious co-host Dave has been away, but he's back — and this time, he talks!

A sneak peak of what we'll cover during our "Live! ... from The Astro!" live taping from The Third Coast Festival in October!

"It's Been A While," folks — but we are BACK! That's right, it's "Live! ... from The Astro" with your hosts David Weinberg and Richard Parks.

On today's Astro we mourn the loss of a great writer and foodist, dissect narrative non fiction podcasting, have a brilliant idea, try a new cheese and split a milkshake.

It's June Gloom and Jacaranda season in LA. David has a hangover, and a new podcast that's positively slaying. Richard needs more validation for a story he put out last week. They split a patty melt, and a shake, on a Friday morning. Welcome back to the Astro, folks. Check out David's new podcast WELCOME TO LA: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-la/id1382382405?mt=2 And Richard's story "A Million Dollars Worth Of Plastic": https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-million-dollars-worth-of-plastic/id1368608676?i=1000411743990&mt=2 Both from KCRW.

Were back with season two of Americas Favorite Diner Podcast! Perhaps the single greatest item on the expansive Astro menu, making art out of life, Guerrilla Huaraches

Historic episode, beers and a surprise

Keepin it super chill this week, docs, celebs, ballet, and ham and cheese on rye, (sorry super fans no ice drop)

Just a classic Astro w/ beaucoup Martha moments, enjoy!

Richard's Pisces-themed birthday pedicure, David's Shrovetide beard cleansing, the new Wes Anderson Movie, Elvis Mitchell is a great interviewer, David ran into David Chang, Richard talks about Ugly Delicious a little, "bros eating food" is a problem but also a problem with this podcast, our first call-in segment with a friend (a bro eating soup and watching RONIN on a Friday morning, as bros do), other podcast recommendations (recent ep's of Unfictional, Longform, This American Life, WTF with Marc Maron), Richard's Dan Carlin impression, we select a track of the week but you'll have to listen to it on your own, be kind to one another because you never know what other people are going through.

Uncle Otis' secret dumpling recipe, Elvis has a crush on Richard's Aunt who is a long distance water ski record holder, exotic sausages, dirty filthy chickens and how to debone them, RIP Cornelia, Pilgrims Treat.

The weather, Richard's unfair chip distribution, pickled chicken, new hot sauce, how to use a Marantz, David fails at parenting again, Richard learns to be more tidy, dividing the chores, aka key to a happy relationship, sorry listeners no ice drop this week, but enjoy You're so Fine by the great Dorothy Berry!

Richard leaves us hanging, or does he? guess who finishes ALL his eggs? A stranger, part time shock jock and his strange son, The Grapes of Wrath, FunnyFood, stop comparing yourself to others, yet another shared waffle.

Cooking for all the right (wrong) reasons (seasons) or for an hour when you could for 15 minutes, Richard's Jim Svejda impression, Martha offers Richard her finger, flowers & diamonds inside a chicken thigh, "Save The Last Dance For Me," our album of the week (PUSSYCATS), Richard's leftover daikon/ginger/garlic-brined fried chicken, David's chili mac, bit plans for "guests," David STILL refuses to do a Scott Carrier impression, relationship equity through cooking to correct a generational imbalance, Phil Hendrie, David's Valentine's Day heartbreak (or... not?), downtown through David & Richard's eyes (Shabumi & the LAAC), a shared waffle.

Finding your voice, Scott Carrier, Richard imitates David imitating Scott Carrier, vocal cadence, Richard's ancient Latin lessons, Kai Ryssdal, Ira Glass, Kelly McEvers, Steve Chiotakis, possible conceptual evolutions in this podcast, David's frilly parsley Passover memories, cemitas, Martha's review of Richard's Famous Fuyu Fire Hot Sauce, Whittier Blvd. wood, Javier Cabral, Richard's notes on David's new story, a technical error, the ABC's of podcasting, Richard's voice in his new story, Nick Quah, etc etc.

We're doing ten 6-minute "micro-sodes" to celebrate doing this for the tenth time! But we got worn out on that after six, so for the remainder of our weekly hour (24 minutes), we just kick it old school. WARNING: this one was dismissed categorically by both David and Richard as bad.

We're doing ten 6-minute "micro-sodes" to celebrate doing this for the tenth time! You must want to hear Richard and David discuss a rock'n'roll show they attended together.

We're doing ten 6-minute "micro-sodes" to celebrate doing this for the tenth time! Here, David chooses to talk about Richard's clothes.

We're doing ten 6-minute "micro-sodes" to celebrate doing this for the tenth time! Did you know that David has a wife, named Katya Apekina, and she wrote a novel?

We're doing ten 6-minute "micro-sodes" to celebrate doing this for the tenth time! Learn about Richard's acting career.

We're doing ten 6-minute "micro-sodes" to celebrate doing this for the tenth time! This one's about being a regular.

We're doing ten 6-minute "micro-sodes" to celebrate doing this for the tenth time! First up: an introduction.

We're doing things differently this week. Wait for it...

Richard tells David about a significant pizza he ate last week, while eating "LA's Best Hamburger." David opts for the "meatloaf burger" — stick-to-your-ribs food as he prepares for his departure to the Sundance Film Festival. Plus: who's got better street smarts?

TGIF, y'all.

An encounter with firemen, Martha's lotto wishes, David's Instant Pot mishap, a Mickey Mouse pancake, Santa Barbara wine country, Richard's upbringing, the LA Riots, Dr. Paul Fleiss, a stolen pack of gum, etc.

Richard asks David about visiting his childhood home. Warning: this episode contains coastal elitism. And a club sandwich. And feelings.

Starting in the parking lot, our first patron, criticism, feelings, 3 a.m. thoughts, hot sauce.

Shout-outs & fact-checks, Googies & LA architecture, a Sunken City bachelor party, David's true age, Martha's holiday habits, Grizzly Bear, backstage, Sponge Bob's band, flexi-discs, the Uncertain Hour's opiod epidemic episode, Richard's sister, Guerilla Tacos' custom cookbook house track ("Baby Want To Eat Some Tacos"), and two kinds of pie.

A Monte Cristo sandwich, "La Calaca," and meeting Martha.

David and Richard walk into the Astro without a plan.